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"If in this liib only we have hope in Christ, we are of 

 all men most miserable." 1 Cor. 15 : 19. 



" Why stand Ave in jeopardy every hour ? I protest by 

 your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, 1 die 

 daily. If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts 

 at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not ?" 

 1 Cor. 15 : 30-32. 



" If children, then heirs : heirs of God, and joint-heirs 

 with Christ ; if so be that we sufler wath him, that we may 

 be also glorified together. For I reckon that the sufferings 

 of this present time are not worthy to be compared Avith the 

 glory which shall be revealed in us." Rom. 8 : 17, IS. 



'' Who shall separate us from the love of Christ ? shall 

 tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or naked- 

 ness, or peril, or sword ? As it is written. For thy sake we 

 are killed all the day long ; we are accounted as sheep for 

 the slaughter." Rom. 8 : 35, 36. 



"Rejoicing in hope ; patient in tribulation ; continuing 

 instant in prayer." Rom. 12 : 12. 



" Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of 

 the Lord : yet I give my judgment as one that hath obtained 

 mercy of the Lord to be faithful. I suppose, therefore, that 

 this is good for the present distress ; I say, that it is good 

 for a man so to be." 1 Cor, 7 : 25, 26. 



" For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not 

 only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake ; hav- 

 ing the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to 

 be in me." Phil. 1 : 29, 30. 



"God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our 

 Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, 

 and I unto the world." " From henceforth let no man 

 trouble me, for I bear in my body the marks of tlie Lord 

 Jesus." Gal. 6 : 14, 17. 



"Ye became follov/crs of us, and of the Lord, naving 

 received the word in much affliction, with joy of tho Hcly 

 Ghost." 1 Thess. 1 : 6. 



